This module allows you to launch and manage virtual machines within your VMware cluster; the following example shows how you would launch a VM using a template:
- name: Create a VM from a template vmware_guest: hostname: "{{ vsphere_host }}" username: "{{ vsphere_username }}" password: "{{ vsphere_password }}" validate_certs: "no" datacenter: "my-datacenter" folder: "/vms" name: "yet_another_example_vm" state: "poweredon" template: "centos7-x86_64-1804" disk: - size_gb: "40" type: "thin" datastore: "my_datastore" hardware: memory_mb: "4048" num_cpus: "4" max_connections: "3" hotadd_cpu: "True" hotremove_cpu: "True" hotadd_memory: "True" networks: - name: "VM Network" ip: "192.168.1.100" netmask: "255.255.255.0" gateway: ...
